Display-stand.



F. S. TOWNSEND.

DISPLAY snmnl APPLICATION FILED APR. 22; 1915.

1,192,957. Patented Aug. 1, 1916.

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UNITED STATES PATENT orrrcn.

FRANK s. TOWNSEND, or rAssAIo, NEW JERSEY, Assr'eivor. T PAssA Ic METAL WARE COMPANY, or PASSAIC, NEW JERSEY, A CORPORATION or v w, JERSEY.

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' To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, FRANK S. TOWNSEN a citizen of the United-State's, and resident of Passaic, in the county of Passaic and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Display- Stands, of which the following is a specification.

My invention has reference to a simple and efficient device adapted to display goods for sale or for other purposes, and the object of my invention is, to provide a display stand that shall be cheap to manufacture, simple in construction, enabling the parts readilyto be assembled, and which will hold the articles. for display in an attractive and safe manner.

In accordance with my invention I provide a display stand comprising two main members, one of which is adapted to retain the articles to be displayed, the other of which serves as a base or support for said retaining member, com lemental interengaging parts being provi ed upon said members, one of said members having a portion adapted to bear against the other member to retain said complemental portions together,

whereby the members may be assembled and so retained in a simple and expeditious manner.

-My invention further comprises novel details of improvement and combinations of parts that will be more fully hereinafter set forth and then pointed out in the claim.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming part hereof, wherein,

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a display stand embodying m invention; Fig. 2 is an enlarged detail section on the line 2, 2, in Fig. 1'; Fig; 3 is a detail section of a portion of the base member, and Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view'looking at the lower end of the upper member of the stand.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several views.

The numeral 1 indicates an u per or main memberof my improved stan and 2 indicates a lower or base member of the stand adapted to, receive and support the member 1 in the desired position, The member 1 may be made in a single piece of sheet metal or other suitable material, and is shown com- 1 prising a rear or back wall 1 having sides l bent substantially at right angles to said wall, providing a compartment or chamber Specificationof Letters Patent. f j I Patented Aug gal 191 6. I Application filed Ap ri122, 1 91 5. Serial Nb. 22,937. I v

partment or chamber is shown .open at the front and top. At 3 said member 1 is shown providedwith a bottom wall for said compartment orchamber upon which the articles may rest. Said bottom wall may be made by bending the blankfor member 1,

."for the articles to be displayed, which comso. as to pass between the sides 1 at their sition with respect to member 2, the lower edge of the part 4 substantially coinciding with the bottom of member 2. Said base member 2 is shown comprising the bottom 2 and sides 2 uprising therefrom, adapted to receive the member 1 between them, with Complemental fastening devices are provided between members 1 and 2 to secure them to- ,gether. For this purposeI have shown the bottom 2 provided with a tongue or finger 5 struck out from the material of the bottom 2*, and extending forwardly under the bottom wall 3 of member 1, and passing through a loop or bar 6 that is struck out and pressed downwardly from bottom wall 3 of member 1. .The. forward edges of'the sides 2 of base member 2 are shown provided with lugs or lips 7,, which are adapted to be folded in front of the wall portion 4. of member 1, to retain said members locked together by the tongue and loop 5, 6.

When the members are to be assembled the placed within the base member 2, and then said member resting upon said bottom.

by a relative movement of said members the tongue 5 is caused to pass through loop 6 to fit the parts together, and then the lugs 7 are bent inwardly or towardeach other in front of the wall part 4 of member 1, as illustrated in Fig. 1. Such bending of the lugs in front of part 4 prevents member 1 from sliding forwardly out of member 2, 'and the tongue and loop 5, 6, prevent member 1 from sliding rearwardly in member 2, and said lugs and tongue and loop prevent member 1 from being pulled upwardly out of member 2. One or more lugs 7 may be provided .as may be desired.

The construction described enables a relatively cheap display stand of the characterdescribed to be produced, and one which may be readily assembled, without special skill, "the cost of the device thereby being materially reduced. Furthermore, the construction enables the parts to be shipped in a knockdown ordis-assembled condition and to be readily assembled by unskilled persons. Any suitable advertisingmatter may be produced upon the parts of the stand, and the same may be decorated in any manner to afford a pleasing effect.

Having now described my invention what I claim is r A display stand comprising an" upper member having a rear wall and sides projecting forwardly therefrom and having a bottom wall, said walls and sides providing a receptacle for exposing articles therein, the lower-edges of the sides being inclined with respect to the rear and bottom walls, the bottom wall having a front portion proing upturned side Walls adapted to receive the main member therebetween, the bottom of said base member having a tongue struck up therefrom adapted to coact with said loop, one of said side walls of said base member having a flexible lug adapted to be bent to extend in front of said front portion of the first named member after the parts have been assembled to retain said tongue and loop in coactive relation, said lug preventing tilting of the upper member out of the base member.

Signed at Passaio, in the county of Passaic, and'State of New Jersey, this 21st day of April, A. D. 1915.

IRENE M. ENGLAND, C. C. CARROLL. 

